Toulouse have Champions Cup top spot but history says it means little January 21, 2024 The most successful Investec Champions Cup side in history Toulouse put themselves in good stead to win a sixth title with a 32-19 victory over Bath. The French powerhouses pulled away late on at the Stade Ernest-Wallon to earn a bonus point victory and ensure they maintained their 100 per cent try bonus winning run [...]
La Rochelle still on track for three consecutive Champions Cup trophies January 21, 2024 Double defending champions La Rochelle resisted a late surge from Sale Sharks on Sunday to win 24-37, book their place in the last 16 of the Investec Champions Cup and keep their hopes of three consecutive titles alive. Having lost their opening two matches – at home to last year’s finalists Leinster and away to [...]
Succession planning: UK family firms stick to generational commitment January 19, 2024 An Investec study, shared exclusively with City A.M., shows that nine out of 10 of the family businesses surveyed have "robust" succession plans in place for the next generations, with one in three being "open" to the idea of selling.
Ollie Phillips: Champions Cup, LRZ and women’s Lions tour January 19, 2024 Amid talk of Louis Rees-Zammit’s move to NFL, the upcoming release of the Netflix documentary and the various Six Nations squad announcements, we must not forget the allure that this weekend’s Investec Champions Cup has. I wasn’t too certain about the change in pool structure but it must be said that nearly every game has [...]
Private equity houses ready to offload assets at cut prices as deals appetite returns January 17, 2024 Private equity houses are preparing to offload their assets at cut prices this year as appetite for deals rebounds and pressure builds on investors to begin generating cash, a new report has suggested.
Tom Pearson interview: England call-up, Saints and Munster Champions Cup tie January 17, 2024 Northampton Saints star Tom Pearson insists he will put his best foot forward over the next fortnight to earn a spot in England’s opening Six Nations matchday 23 after being named in Steve Borthwick’s training squad. The powerful back-row, who has one cap to his name, was included in a 36-strong England squad with a [...]
City fund managers bleed assets in last quarter of 2023 January 17, 2024 Liontrust Asset Management, Rathbones and Brooks Macdonald all suffered outflows over the fourth quarter of the year, the firms revealed in stock exchange notices today.
Premiership gets shot in arm as four sides through to Champions Cup knockouts January 14, 2024 Four English Premiership clubs have qualified for the Investec Champions Cup round of 16 with a game to spare. The weekend’s round three results have restored faith in what was feared to be a league drained of resources to fight in club rugby’s most prestigious competition. Saints march on Northampton Saints, Harlequins, Bath and Exeter [...]
Bordeaux humiliate Saracens to lay down Champions Cup marker January 14, 2024 Bordeaux Begles scored nine tries against a lacklustre Saracens in a thumping 55-15 Investec Champions Cup victory on Sunday evening to leave the Londoners humiliated and on the brink of exiting the continental competition. Owen Farrell – reportedly eyeing up a move to Parisian side Racing 92 – put the three-time winners ahead in the [...]
Barbeary could miss Six Nations after red in epic Bath victory over Racing 92 January 14, 2024 Alfie Barbeary is at risk of missing England’s Six Nations campaign after the No8 received a red card in Bath’s impressive 29-25 Investec Champions Cup victory over Racing 92. The back-row, who is yet to play for the national team, was fortunate to only see referee Andrea Piardi show him a yellow card six minutes [...]